Where does “mustármag” come from?

mustármag (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mag, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muŋkɜ — body.

mustármag (Hungarian): mustard seed small, round seed of the mustard plant

Definitions

  1. mustard seed small, round seed of the mustard plant

Ancestry of “mustármag”, step by step

mustármag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian mag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmagseed, pip; kernel, core
2Proto-Finno-Ugricmuŋkɜbody

via Hungarian mustár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmustármustard
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric muŋkɜ →Every word from Hungarian mag →